Evenflo has just released the Momentum 65 DLX Convertible Car Seat, with features that help make safety, installation and use as easy as possible for parents. Evenflo and JuiceBox Jungle sponsored me to write this post. They asked us to view a video, which you can also watch here. In the video, a mother has [...]

photo by aka Kath www.flickr.com Before I get to the topic of today’s post, “Being a Safety Nut,” I wanted to announce the winner of Gogo’s Dream: Swaziland Discovered. And the winner is. . .LuAnn Morgan. Congratulations to LuAnn. Thank you to everyone who left a comment. You can still go to Monday’s or yesterday’s [...]

photo by nDevilTV www.flickr.com The Wacky Wednesday post is back this week, and I’m excited about this topic! Being a full-time freelancer, step-mom, dog-mom to two dogs, wife, and pregnant with one on the way, this topic is near and dear to my heart. Even when I read, I’m usually reading for my blog or [...]

This week, I got a super-cool e-mail from the JuiceBox Jungle network (see their banner ad to the right–you can vote on some really fun issues.), informing me about the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE),which I had never heard of before. But now, I am so glad I have. The NFTE is an organization that [...]

photo by StrebKR www.flickr.com Today is a Wacky Wednesday post because I have a few things to discuss that don’t really go together, so that’s why it’s wacky! First I want to introduce to you my new website! I have been using this blog as a kind of website for a while (so you’ll see [...]

photo by Tetsumo www.flickr.com On today’s Maniac Monday post, I am writing from a prompt I received from JuiceBoxJungle. First I’m going to answer the question as a parent and then as a teacher. Then I’m going to talk about how you could use this same writing journal prompt with your students and/or children to [...]

With all the holiday gatherings for lunch and dinner at restaurants, I have been noticing something about people and their real world math skills. Tipping is no easy math in the real world skill, it seems. People have all different ways they figure out how much to tip the wait staff for satisfactory service. I’ve [...]